Robert
At 04:23 PM 12/25/2003, you wrote:
Lance wrote:
> The reason being is that RIN's have no significance to your records. > They are only generated by, and used within the program to readily seek > out the records. That is why they are called "Random Identification > Numbers".
According to Legacy's online help file, the RINs are Record Identification Numbers. Similar terminology is used in the GEDCOM standard. The RINs that I've seen in my file are definitely not assigned in Random order. They appear to be assigned in sequential order. That is the first person entered in a file is given RIN 1, and the next is assigned a RIN of 2, etc. There are possible exceptions for records (individuals) being deleted and of course when a file is built from a GEDCOM file and when two files are merged.
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